The senior special assistant to the FCT minister on Monitoring, Inspection, and Enforcement, Comrade Ikharo Attah, who led a team yesterday, to inspect the level of compliance, announced that business will resume on Friday but not without a promise to return to the market whenever reports of further violations are discovered.
Attah who noticed some bleeding points advised shop owners to prevent hawkers and petty traders from erecting attachments around their shops. He also warned the market management to desist from allocating parts of staircases and other corners that affect free movement within the market. Earlier, the FCT minister directed that upon the intensive cleanup by the traders and management, the Jumoke Shopping complex be reopened with effect from Friday morning, saying that the traders can commence trading.He said that he was satisfied with the cleanup done in the market, to ensure the safety and compliance to the AEPB as well as the urban and regional planning rules.